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A Season of Reflection, a Time for Planning
Unlike Advent, Lent, Christmas or Easter, each of which has a discernible theme and associated scripture selections that get to the point or ‘hit the ground running’ with the beginning of each season,...
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Young Adults and the Church’s Need to Listen
So, I know this article in the current issue of America has been floating around online in the digital edition (which comes out a week before the print edition arrives), but I can be a little slow at...
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‘Fun’ and Today’s Gospel: What Do You Stand For?
Have you heard of Fun.? I don’t mean what you do when you laugh and have a good time, but instead mean the popular band whose name is Fun. Many might be familiar with their radio his, “We Are Young,”...
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Missing the Point of the Widow’s Mite
Today’s Gospel from Mark is a bit more complicated than most people might initially think. The story about the “widow’s mite,” when Jesus and his disciples sit near the Temple and see an impoverished...
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Into the Woods: The Gospel According to Mark
I have loved the work of the great composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim for years. This is in large part thanks to my college roommate and best friend Andrew who, in addition to also studying...
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Doing What We Want Anyway
Today’s Gospel is an interesting one. I always love the way Mark portrays the disciples and the various followers of Jesus (including the newly converted). It is a constant parade of cluelessness, no...
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The Judgments We Make
I’ve always been struck by the Gospel account of Jesus returning home to Nazareth and the rejection he faces there. Today’s Gospel tells us the story. Jesus departed from there and came to his native...
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